Author Archives: Graziella Steele

CHARLOTTE – From humble beginnings to rising to the top leadership of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, Debra Campbell never forgets her past. The Tennessee native grew up in Chattanooga, Tenn., in a four-room house she shared with four siblings and ...

Forget about poring over architectural drawings. In a 140,000-square-foot warehouse area off Carowinds Boulevard near the South Carolina border, prospective home buyers are getting the opportunity to actually walk through nine new home plans built by PulteGroup Inc. Complete with ...

Charlotte’s American Engineering Associates-Southeast, PA is absorbing Gannett Fleming Inc.’s assets, staff and projects in Charlotte for an undisclosed amount. With the acquisition, American Engineering adds eight new staff members and a portfolio of public sector clients including the city ...

Paul Greiner, the president of Charlotte-based Cedar Management Group, has been awarded the highest level of certification in the association management profession from the Community Association Institute. To achieve the Professional Community Association Manager certification, Greiner completed and passed the ...

Lake Norman’s Jenny Pippin has been recognized for her design work by the North Carolina Society of the American Institute of Building Design, receiving multiple awards. Pippin, owner of Pippin Home Designs, was awarded a Best-in-Show prize for her design ...

If you’re going to steal appliances from vacant homes, perhaps you shouldn’t fence the loot on Craigslist. But that’s just what one Charlotte area Realtor did according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Sember Lynn Smathers, formerly of Shelby, was ...

CHARLOTTE – The year ahead will be “good, not great” for the housing market, with an anticipated 5 percent growth in housing sales from 2013, according to forecast Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist Frank Nofthat delivered to an audience of real ...

CHARLOTTE – More than 100 people crowded into a church office building to question officials about the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership’s plan to rezone a 7-acre parcel from a child care facility to an apartment complex for low-income housing, a proposal ...

CHARLOTTE – The resale price of existing homes rose 0.5 percent in October compared to September, when prices had fallen 0.1 percent from August, according to a report released this week by CoreLogic. Including distressed sales, home prices increased 7.4 ...

Governor Pat McCrory was late to the party December 5 for Cabarrus’ county economic summit. The governor was in Concord to address county leaders on reforms he’s been advocating in transportation, tax and economic development during his first 11 months ...